Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-31
LoCAL BREyITIEs.

L0CAL BkEfIIlES.
Brainard F. Smith, of Sacramento, has
received patent for an adding machine.
The Capital Turf Club will meet this
evening to hear the report of the Commit
tee on Speed Programme.
Perkins Station, Brighton township
has risen to the dignity of having tele-
graph Office established there.
Ell Dorado Lodge, No. 8, l. o. 0. f, h s
elected as delegates to the Grand Lodge, Z.
F. Dolan, R. A. Fisk and Edwin Ellis.
This evening at 7:30 the Open-air Con-
cert Committee will meet at Wiel & John
sons Office, to arrange for concerts during
the ensuing season.
Ernest Schliemann, the Woodland Post
office-order operator, will probably be ar
rligned TO plead in the United States Dis
tIct Court at San Francisco this morning.
The sneak thief burglar who has been
operating in this city recently has latterly
been paying attention to residences in the
Southwestern portion of the city, but with
out much success.
Officer Mccormack arrested yesterday a
man named James Spade, on charge of
grand larceny, on the testimony of James
Sullivan, who accused him of taking $40
from his pockets in saloon, on Tuesday
afternoon.
The snow is disappearing very rapidly
from the mountains aid there is SO little
left that it is not probable its melting will
maintain the river at high stage much
longer. 1t registered yesterday 20 feet 4
inches above low-water mark.
The revival meetings of the NJ. E.
Church are steadily increasing in interest,
through the efforts of Rev. Mr.. Bane, an
eloquent preacher. Those who desire to
hear him will have only this and te-mor-
row evenings for their opportunity in Sac
ramento.
Natoma Grove, at Folsom, will not be
picnic ground this year, having been turned
into a pasture for stock. Cothrins will
probably be the picnicking place on the
Sacramento and Placerville road for such
parties as can make arrangements for
transportation by rail.
Robert Gallon, who on Tuesday pleaded
guilty in Department Two of the Superior
Court on charge of illegal voting, was
yesterday sentenced to one years imprison-
ment in the State Prison at Folsom. He
will be taken to that institution this morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff Drew
The State Normal School Trustees will
probably return this afternoon, by way of
Anderson and Williams, from their exam
ination of the various sites offered for
branch Normal School in the northern
portion of the State. They have until
April 18th to make their report as to the
most desirable location.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 76o and 45o,
with gentle southerly winds during the
morning, fresh northerly winds at noon
and during the afternoon, while at night
fresh southerly winds were blowing, the
weather during the day being clear. Ba-
rometer steady at about 1904 inches.
Under Sheriff B. N. Bugbey returned
yesterday from a visit to his 1000-acre
ranch at Kirkville, Suffer county. and re-
ports crops of all kinds presenting an ad-
mirable appearance in that section. I'm
mediately after his return he arranged for
the shipment to the ranch of sufficient
young Bartlett pear trees to plant fifteen
acres.
A case is on trial in the United States
Courts at San Francisco, in which S. Ed
ward Nard sues Ell Dorado county and her
Supervisors for 5000, with interest at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum from Febru-
airy 2, 1863, to the present time, on unpaid
bonds issued by the county to aid in the
construction of the Placerville and Sacra-
mento Valley Railroad.
1t was expected that the Police Commits
sioners would meet some time to-day TO
elect the members of the police force for
the next term, but late last night Chief
Dillman was subpenaed to be present in the
United States Court at San Francisco, at IL
o'clock, as a witness in the Schliemann
case, and the election cannot, therefore,
take place until tomorrow.
Adolph Dean, who notified Sheriff Drew
last Monday that a man named Louis
Joffre, working for him on his ranch at
Mayhew's Station, had stolen S92 from his
residence, reported yesterday that Joffre
had not yet been heard from, and that it
was ascertained that, in addition to the
money heretofore reported, he stole silver
watch and chain belonging to fellow en-
ploye.
In Department One of the Superior Court
Yesterday, the case of Daniel Meyer VS.. J.
N. Porter, City Treasurer-in which suit
was brought to compel defendant to trans
fer into the sinking and interest fund any
balances remaining in other city funds at
the expiration of the fiscal year-was sub
mitted and taken under advisement The
Court intimated that it would render
written opinion.
The United States snag-boat Seller re
turned Tuesday evening from her trip down
the river, which was only made TO test
whether her machinery was in proper
working order She is now awaiting or
ders from Washington, which, however,
are not expected inside of about two weeks.
She will probably be dispatched TO Butte
City to pick up the iron bridge carried away
by the high water last winter.
Constable Thompson, of Colusa, and an
officer from Gridley, were in the city yes
terday endeavoring to find Golfer and
Jones, the hayfork swindlers," who on
Monday last compromised the cases pend
ing against them in Court at Woodland,
and soon afterward disappeared from that
town. They are wanted in Colusa and
Butte counties for transactions similar to
those upon which they were arrested in
Yolo. They do not appear to have come to
Sacramento.
A boy about 16 years of age. son of t. II
Cook, had an unpleasant experience about
$50 last evening. He was in a buggy at
the family residence Thirteenth and L
streets, when the horse became frightened
at dog and ran away at furious gait,
going out to the eastern boundary of the
city, and there turning and coming back
down | street. The animal showed good
staying qualities, and so did the boy. Both
were well tired when then reached the
Chinese quarter. and where the driver sue
ceeded in turning the horse in between two
trucks in front of Melyin's, | street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, the horse was
willing to come to stop. 1t was found
that the run had not caused any damage to
horse, harness or vehicle.